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09/20 12:35 CDT Croatia soccer leaders deny WCup final ticket scalping claim
Croatia soccer leaders deny WCup final ticket scalping claim
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) --- Croatia's soccer federation says its leaders were not
involved in suspected scalping of World Cup final tickets.
Prosecutors in Zagreb asked police to investigate the illegal re-sale of
tickets for Croatia's 4-2 loss against France in Moscow in July.
FIFA says it is "gathering information regarding the matter" and calls illicit
sales "a serious issue."
The federation, whose president is 1998 World Cup striker Davor Suker, has
promised to cooperate with the authorities.
It says there were "no indiscretions" by management and staff in handling and
distributing a "relatively small number of tickets"
Though it is "theoretically possible that some individual violated FIFA's
regulations and resold tickets," this was outside the federation's control.
The federation says the chance to buy them was "fairly distributed" among fans
and "football family" members.
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